The report entitled “The Perils of Being a National Minority: Human Rights and Chakhalyan v. Georgia”, presents a detailed overview of the events in Javakheti and Georgia leading up to Vahagn Chakhalyan’s arrest and trial, as well as the country’s political context before and after the trial which have affected the Georgian authorities’ treatment of and policies toward its Armenian minority.
One of the main sections of the report is devoted to the rights violations which occurred both prior and during the trial of Vahagn Chakhalyan and members of his family, which flagrantly violated a number of basic human rights, especially in relation to a fair trial.
Vahagn Chakhalyan’s case is currently before the European Court of Human Rights inStrasbourg.
The full English text of the report can be downloaded here https://www.yerkir.eu/2012.05.22-YerkirEurope-ReportHumanRightsViolationsInGeorgia.pdf“
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